Louis-Auguste Juvénal des Ursins d'Harville, Count of Harville (23 April 17498 May 1815) was a French military officer and politician in late 18th-century France. A Divisional General in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, he was present at the Battle of Jemappes on 6 November 1792 and led the Reserve Division at the subsequent Siege of Namur. Family origins The origins of the general's family are found in the Third Crusade. The earliest reference to the family is from 1191, when a certain Simon de Harville is recorded as having been in the city of Acre. Another Simon de Harville, possibly a different one, is known by the charters since Simon de Harville, Knight, living in 1223. Around the year 1360, Pierre, the son of Simon, moved from Harville in Beauce to Les Bordes, today part of La Celle-les-Bordes. In the year 1383, Guillaume I de Harville was a falconer for Louis of France, Count of Valois, Duke of Orleans, brother of King Charles VI. He married Jeanne de Voise, and had issue. His son, Guillaume II, écuyer, seigneur de Champhoudry et des Bordes, Echanson du Roi, built the Château des Bordes, which is still standing. He married Jeanne Le Brun in 1397, and was killed in the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, along with his brother-in-law, Jacques Le Brun. Guillaume III de Harville was born in 1399. His mother inherited the fief of Palaiseau when her brother died, but it passed to the English king for several years before being returned. He married on August 8, 1436 to Anne de Coustes, sister of Louis de Coustes, who testified at the trial of Saint Joan of Arc. For being one of the few knights in Île-de-France who remained loyal to King Charles VII of France, he would be raised to a baron in 1436. He died around 1470. Anne-Esprit de Harville, the grandson of Guillaume III, was colonel du régiment des légionnaire de Normandie. In 1553, he was inducted into the Order of Saint Michael. His son, Claude, a courtier, advisor, and friend of Henry IV of France built the Château de La Celle in 1610. He fought in the Battle of Ivry, and took part in the capture of Corbeil in 1590. He was also a vice admiral of the French royal navy. He is buried in the Church of Saint Martin in Palaiseau. Despite his military